Eve Gordon | |
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Other names | Eve Bennett-Gordon |
Education | Brown University (BA) Yale University (MFA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1981–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Eve Gordon (also known as Eve Bennett-Gordon) is an American actress. Her television roles include playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries A Woman Named Jackie , Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom The Powers That Be , the mother of the title character in the drama series Felicity , and Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain (played by Kevin Spacey) in the 2008 Emmy Award-winning HBO film Recount . She also starred in the 1997 film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves , starring opposite Rick Moranis.
Gordon is the daughter of Mary (née McDougall), a history professor, and Richard Bennett Gordon, a lawyer. Gordon graduated from the Ellis School in Pittsburgh, Brown University, and Yale School of Drama. [1]
She started her acting career in 1982, playing Marge Tallworth in the film The World According to Garp . After that, she appeared in ER , Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story , Avalon and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (as Diane Szalinski, taking the role over from Marcia Strassman), and starred in David Chase's first original series, Almost Grown , and The Good Life with Drew Carey.
On the stage, she has starred on and off-Broadway, in Paris, Madrid, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other cities, working with Peter Sellers, Richard Foreman, and Daniel Sullivan in classics, musicals, and comedies.
On November 14, 1987, Gordon married actor Todd Waring in Manhattan. [1] They have two daughters.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | The World According to Garp | Marge Tallworth | |
1990 | Avalon | Dottie Kirk | |
1991 | Paradise | Rosemary Young | |
1992 | Leaving Normal | Emily Singer | |
1997 | Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves | Diane Szalinski | Direct-to-video |
1998 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Carolyn | |
2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Housewife #2 | |
2006 | Thanks to Gravity | Mariella | |
The Grudge 2 | Principal Dale | ||
2008 | Public Interest | Karen Montgomery | |
2009 | Happy Tears | Karen | |
Versailles | Summer Tickler-Hoogenhyde | Short film | |
2011 | Monkey Man | ||
2013 | Chastity Bites | Principal Loveheart | |
2016 | The Tiger Hunter | Mrs. Womack | |
Ouija: Origin of Evil | Joan | ||
2017 | Heartland | Sherri | |
The Circle | Senator Williamson | ||
The Garage Sale | Merrin | ||
2020 | Irresistible | Tonya Vanelton |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Ryan's Hope | Mindy Peters | 2 episodes |
1986 | George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Betsy Hamilton | Television film |
1987 | The Cosby Show | Glenda | Episode: "Planning Parenthood" |
1988–89 | Almost Grown | Suzie Long Foley | Main cast; 9 episodes |
1990 | Murphy Brown | Alexandra | Episode: "Frankly Speaking" |
1991 | The Whereabouts of Jenny | Theresa | Television film |
Switched at Birth | Darlena | Television film | |
The Boys | Amanda | Television film | |
A Woman Named Jackie | Marilyn Monroe | Miniseries; episode: "The Bouvier Years" | |
1992 | The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton | Katherine | Television film |
1992–93 | The Powers That Be | Jordan Miller | Main cast; 21 episodes |
1994 | The Good Life | Maureen Bowman | Main cast; 13 episodes |
1995 | The Heidi Chronicles | Lisa | Television film |
Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story | Robin | Television film | |
Dad, the Angel & Me | Maggie | Television film | |
1997 | A Thousand Men and a Baby | Genevieve "Gen" Keenan | Television film |
1998 | Party of Five | Jeanie Hanson | Episode: "Of Human Bonding" |
Something So Right | Lorraine Hadley | Episode: "Something About Egg on Your Farce" | |
The Practice | Janet Walsh | 2 episodes | |
1998–2002 | Felicity | Barbara Porter/Hunter | 7 episodes |
1999 | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Ann Jenkin-Patrick | Episode: "Such Sweet Dreams" |
Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story | Shirley Jones/Partridge | Television film | |
2001 | Touched by an Angel | Erica Baker | Episode: "Bringer of Light" |
2002 | Family Affair | Jenny | Episode: "Pilot: Part 1" |
Judging Amy | Mrs. Powell | Episode: "Lost and Found" | |
2002-2008 | Monk | Janie/Madge | 2 episodes |
2004 | The Division | Ruth Ringston | Episode: "As I Was Going to St. Ives..." |
Veronica Mars | Emily Williams | Episode: "The Girl Next Door" | |
2005 | Without a Trace | Marian Peterson | Episode: "Lost Time" |
2007 | House | Jody | Episode: "Resignation" |
Grey's Anatomy | Mary Chapman | Episode: "Let the Truth Sting" | |
Cold Case | Melinda Levy (2007) | Episode: "Justice" | |
2008 | Two and a Half Men | Brenda | Episode: "Meander to Your Dander" |
Recount | Monica Klain | Television film | |
2009 | ER | Mrs. Nugent | Episode: "Love Is a Battlefield" |
2009 | The Philanthropist | Brenda Fitzsimmons | Episode: "San Diego" |
2010 | Ghost Whisperer | Mariah | Episode: "On Thin Ice" |
Glee | Mrs. Fretthold | Episode: "Laryngitis" | |
2011 | NCIS | Amanda McCormick | Episode: "Restless" |
2011 | American Horror Story: Murder House | Dr. Hall | 4 episodes |
2011–12 | Hart of Dixie | Delia Ann Lee | 3 episodes |
2012 | Mad Men | Giselle | Episode: "Signal 30" |
The Newsroom | Phylis Greer | Episode: "Bullies" | |
Necessary Roughness | Mrs. Brinks | Episode: "Might as Well Face It" | |
Scandal | Janet Nystrom | Episode: "Beltway Unbuckled" | |
2012–2013 | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Connie Colburn | 10 episodes |
2014 | Supernatural | Joy Meyers | Episode: "Sharp Teeth" |
Mind Games | Diane | Episode: "Pet Rock" | |
The McCarthys | Karen | Episode: "Love, McCarthys Style" | |
2015 | Masters of Sex | Judith | 2 episodes |
2017 | The Good Doctor | Nurse Fryday | 2 episodes |
Longmire | Gloria Dodd | Episode: "Cowboy Bill" | |
2018 | SEAL Team | Dr. Carpenter | Episode: "All That Matters" |
2019 | Doxxed | Grace Lo | 2 episodes |
Big Little Lies | Dr. Danielle Cortland | 3 episodes | |
How to Get Away with Murder | ADA Gibson | Episode; "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?" | |
2020 | The Walking Dead | Celeste | Episode: "What We Become" |
S.W.A.T. | Jenny | Episode: Stigma | |
2024 | Based on a True Story | Auctioneer | Episode: "Relapse" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles | Aimee Semple McPherson | Voice Episode: "90026: Echo Park - $10 and a Tambourine" |
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